Still Interesting

Washington. Nov. 16.- The chief interest in the Hawaiian situation now surrounds the instructions given to Minister Willis and the contents of the cipher message which was received af ter the arrival of the China. While the same answer regarding instructious to foreign ministers is made at the state department, "that such instructions are never made public," yet it seems that from time to time soruething does come out. A nuniber of people are now quite familiar with some important features of the instructions. There is no doubt of Minister Willis being instructed to make the restoration of Lilioukalani conditional upon f uil amnesty being granted to the men who engaged in the revolution and overthrew the queen. Minister Willis, it is understood, was Instructed to insist upon this because the president feit that the revolution would not have ocourred had it not been for the assistance and co-operation of this government through the late Minister Stevens. Mr. Willis was instructed to say to these members of the provisional government that the President feit that he ought to protect them to this extent because he believed that had it not been for the authority of the United States used by Minister Stevens they would never have been led into the revolution. The instructions, it is thought, requested the minister to first cali upon the queen and teil her the president believed a great wrong had been done her, and after insisting upon amnesty declare the intention to again place her in control of the government. She was also to be informed that it was the desire of the president that she should plácate those who had been instrumental in her overthrow and sustain herself in authority without the assistance of the United States. From the cipher dispatch it is believed that the state department has been informed that these conditions are satisfactory to the queen and had been accepted by her at the time the China sailed. To protect Dole it is understood that Minister Willis was instructed to say that the president feit that in protecting the noninterference policy of the government he feit it necessary to decide the matter as if a dispute had been referred to him and restore the queen, and, in sustaining the queen the president hoped to have the hearty co-operation of the members of the Dole administration, which he feit was entitled to commendation for what it had done to maintain peace in the islands eince it had been in existence. After baving righted what it considered a wrong done by this government, the United States would assume the same policy of noninterference in affairs of other powers. It is thought that the queen was ready to comply with the euggestions that she ask members of the provisional government to aid her because her friends no doubt believe that she could more easily sustain her 3elf by having the assistance of those who were prominent in the revolution. The members of the provisional government would be willing, it is believed, to take such positions, because it would give them just the power they would wish in case they desired to take part in another revolution, which is possible, if there is no provisión made to sustain the queen after she is restored. It is upon the yet unpublished report of Mr. Blount that the administration depends for a complete vindication of its attitude. It is anticipated that there will be warm debates upon the subject when it comes before congress which will bring out all the facts. The information upon which the letter of Secretary Gresham was based will then be made public, and while it s anticipated that the statements made will be disputed, it is claimed that they will be sustained by such overwhelming evidence that the people who are disposed to look at the matter fairly will be compelled to acknowledge that ;he administration could do nothing else but restore the queen.